Mourning on Tisha B’Av — How It Enhances the Rest of the Year - Rabbi Nachum Scheiner

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A little over 2 years ago I had the opportunity to travel with some of my family, my older children to go and see and watch an eclipse. You see the concept the eclipse happens often. The sun gets blocked a little bit by the moon or by the earth. You usually can't see much of a You usually can't see much of a difference. Sometimes it gets a looks a little cloudy. Sometimes you can't tell at all. If you get those glasses and you look at the sun, you could see a little piece covered. A little over 2 years ago in the state of Vermont and a little bit of New York, there was going to be a totality. The sun was going to be completely covered. I made the trip with some of my children. The whole eclipse took about 3 and 1/2 minutes. Meaning to say the sun was covered completely, 100%. In middle of the day, it turned dark. And that was it. It was an unbelievable experience. Ellie, you remember? The next morning after traveling back, there were after traveling back, there were millions of people that went. It took me over 11 hours to get back. I davened Shacharis right here in 10 Dollar and I'll never forget saying Hame'ir [clears throat] la'aretz. You say in Birchas Krias Shema, right after Yishtabach and Yotzer Ohr, Hame'ir la'aretz. The Ribono shel Olam lights up the world for us, the people, for the plants. The

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1. 0:00A little over 2 years ago I had the opportunity to travel with some of my…
2. 0:31You usually can't see much of a difference. Sometimes it gets a looks a little cloudy.…
3. 1:32after traveling back, there were millions of people that went. It took me over 11 hours…
4. 2:36only for 3 and 1/2 minutes that in middle of the day just 2 years ago,…
5. 3:40Sukkos, it's pretty easy. You go into the sukka, you sit in the sukka, you take…
6. 4:46the Beis Hamikdash of of almost 2,000 years ago. If we would have if the would…
7. 5:19mis-avel, to be able to connect to the day. But what I want to say is…
8. 6:23In the Google the brocha of Google rain about you know the river event of we…
9. 7:25happened on Tisha B'Av will help us. Every day by show my name is straight or…
10. 8:27standing by the Koisel she asking to help us to rebuild the base I make this…

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